Well. Since my last post on this blog there have been two years, one house move, one baby and of course a Pandemic and all of the chaos that brought with it! So quite a lot has happened, life has moved on but I have, of course, still been sewing.
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| My sewing space (and dining room) in our new house |
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| Sewing during Lockdown with my newborn in his sling. That sling saved my sanity! |
Instagram has really been my social space for all things sewing related, and I've enjoyed posting my projects there. I have, though, begun to really miss having the space to write a little more about each project, and found myself wanting to blog again.
I do still enjoy reading sewing blogs. I often search for pattern hacks, adjustments or reviews when I'm planning a new make, and the detail that bloggers have gone into about how they did fitting adjustments has been invaluable to me. I also do find it easier to search for specific adjustments. For example, I googled "raise shoulder seams T shirt sewing blog" when I made a Plantain tee and realised I would need to raise the shoulder seams. I was worried about how this would affect the neck band and wanted to find out what other sewers had done. If no one had written about their makes, I would have been none the wiser!
So, I just wanted to mark my return to blogging, I suppose. At the moment I'm feeling really inspired, I'm charging through my sewing list and enjoying every minute. I feel so much more like me when I'm being creative. It helps that we have finally got to a place where we can put both kids to bed, say goodnight, shut their doors and they go to sleep all by themselves. Typing that out makes me nervous in case I jinx it! It really has been life changing for me. I used to spend half an hour laid in the dark in my littlest's room waiting for him to go to sleep, then stumble down stairs all bleary eyed and not have the energy to do anything. Now I can come down at 7pm and crack straight on with some sewing. It feels so good to get some me time back.
I have a few past projects to blog, including a BIG, complex one which definitely needed a blog post. I've also got some new things to share. It's good to be back!
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